Let us know what you think about these new Tip It Up Bottle To Cup Sets!
My kids are fascinated by magnets and love creating things. MAGFORMERS gives them both in colorful construction sets that foster brain development through fun and educational exploration. With high quality, durable construction and intelligent magnetic design, the possibilities are endless! When we received this set, I’m not sure who was more excited to open it. My boys and both my husband and I were having a blast creating different structures and showing them off to each other. This is a toy my kids have come back to over and over and would also be wonderful in a classroom setting as well. Everything is quality and it’s a toy that can be handed down and still be going strong when the next generation arrives!
Just in time for Halloween, these new not-so-scary stories-on-DVD arrive from the nationally acclaimed, multi-award-winning SCHOLASTIC STORYBOOK TREASURES series, which brings best-selling children’s story books to life and promotes a love of literature. With faithful adaptations and celebrity narrations, this critically acclaimed DVD series has won hundreds of awards and sold more than 2.5 million videos.
THE HALLOWEEN STORIES COLLECTION, VOLUME 2 (SRP $24.95) includes 14 stories perfect for early and pre-readers on All Hallows Eve. Though filled with skeletons, witches and more seasonal spooks, families can encourage creativity and music appreciation with the classic sing-along Dem Bones, learn about Latin American holidays with The Day of the Dead, and delight in the not so spooky-ooky stories of Teeny-Tiny and the Witch-Woman.The three DVDs in this ready-made library of Halloween tales are:
FEATURES
PROGRAM INFORMATION
Type: DVD
Genre: Kids’/Animation
Ages: 3 and up
HALLOWEEN STORIES COLLECTION, VOLUME 2
Running Time: Approx. 90 minutes + extras on 3 DVDs
THE DAY OF THE DEAD… AND MORE HALLOWEEN TALES
Running Time: Approx. 36 minutes + extras – 1 DVD
So settle in on a crisp, cool night this October to watch these great tales on DVD with your little ones. Mine just love them and they love the sing a long of Dem Bones, such fun!!!
New Kideo is sponsoring a giveaway on Mommy Ramblings. Two lucky readers will win their own Halloween Stories Collection. Thank you New Kideo for the review set and for sponsoring this spooky giveaway on Mommy Ramblings!!! Open to US residents.
Scholastic, Storybook Treasures, Halloween Stories Collection DVD Box Set Giveaway on Mommy Ramblings Rules:
Please enter the giveaway using the Rafflecopter widget below. Good Luck!!!
Just in time for the DVD and Blu-ray release of Disney/PixarMonsters University, this sturdy boxed set of four monstrously-fun board books stars Mike, Sulley, and their college pals. Boys and girls ages 1–4 will love carrying the books with them wherever they go using the convenient handle!
These books were a huge hit with my four year old who loved that he could carry them in the handy box with handle and then take them to a cozy ready spot and open and “read” the books. Then he liked packing them all up again and carting them around. Inside there are four approximately 5″ by 7″ books entitled: Meet the Students,Sulley, Mike and Randall.
Random House is sponsoring a giveaway. One lucky blog reader will win their own Monsters in a Box Board Book Set! Thank you Random House for the review set and for sponsoring this great giveaway on Mommy Ramblings. Open to US residents.
Disney, Pixar, Monsters, Inc., “Monsters in a Box” Board Book Set Giveaway on Mommy Ramblings Rules:
Please enter the giveaway using the Rafflecopter widget below. Good Luck!!!
Little Orphan Annie reminded us that we’re never fully dressed without a smile. What a great message for children to remember. A smile goes a long way and is quite contagious. Gloominess can be contagious too! It’s no fun to be around someone who is grumpy and frowny all the time. The Pout- Pout Fish Book & CD Set by Deborah Diesen , is a delightful children’s story about a gloomy pout-pout fish and his cheerful ocean friends who try their hardest to turn his frown upside down. Dan Hanna’s vivid illustrations of the frowning fish and his well-meaning friends, really give life to the pages of this inspiring story. The CD is narrated by the very talented Alexander Gould, who was the voice of Nemo in Disney’s iconic Finding Nemo. The CD also features a read- along track with an underwater tone that lets children know when it is time to turn the page.
Deep in the water, Mr. Fish swims about with his fish face stuck in a permanent pout. Can his pals cheer him up? Will his pout ever end? Is there something he can learn from an unexpected friend?
Swim along with the pout-pout fish as he discovers that glum isn’t really his destiny. Bright ocean colors and playful rhyme come together in this fun fish story that is sure to bring smiles and eradicate frowns. One by one, pout-pout fish is approached by his sea pals to try to do something other than frown. Ms. Clam tries to give him a pearl of advice and suggests he try smiling but pout-pout fish gives his standard reply. “I’m a pout-pout fish with a pout-pout face. So I spread dreary-wearies all over the place.” He then slumps down as low as he can go with a Blub, Bluuuub, Bluuuuub and his infamous frown. A jellyfish tries and pleads his best but pout-pout fish is the first to confess, he would like to be friendlier but he hasn’t a choice. With the same old answer he glumly explains that his pout-pout face is for spreading dreary-wearies all over the place. A squid and an octopus have no luck either in their quest to set the sulking fish straight. He just gives them the same old answer and sinks slowly to ocean floor.
While pout-pout fish wallows in the dreariness he is sure is his destiny, he sees a fish coming toward him that he has never seen before. She comes upon him in a silent silver shimmer and is a bright and brilliant swimmer. She approaches Mr. Fish but instead of saying hey, she plants a kiss upon his pout and quickly swims away. Mr. Fish is astounded in fact he’s aghast and after a blink he speaks at last. “My friends,” says Mr. Fish, “I should have known it all along. I thought that I was pouty, but it turns out I was wrong. I’m a kiss-kiss fish with a kiss-kiss face for spreading cheery-cheeries all over the place!” What a wonderful message for children to hear, that sometimes a kiss is all it takes to turn things around.
Deborah Diesen is the bestselling author of The Pout-Pout Fish in the Big-Big Dark. She has worked as a bookseller and a librarian and now works for a small nonprofit organization, but her greatest joy comes from writing for children. She lives with her family in Michigan.
Macmillan is sponsoring a giveaway on Mommy Ramblings. One lucky blog reader will win The Pout-Pout Fish Book and CD Set. Thank you Macmillan for sponsoring this great giveaway on Mommy Ramblings!!! Open to US residents.
The Pout-Pout Fish Book & CD Giveaway on Mommy Ramblings Rules:
Please enter the giveaway using Rafflecopter below. Good Luck!!!